The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1887-08-25

Col. Edward Pendleton, of the Lynch
burg bar. was registered at the Virginia
Hotel on Monday last.
Mr.. J. w. Jennings, of Allegheny
county, was in the city last Friday, and
paid us a pleasant visit.
We are indebted to Mr.. E. L. Houff for
a basket of delicious grapes, for which he
| will please accept our thanks.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. II. Dawson, of Balti
more, Md, are visiting Mrs. w. w. Brad
ley, this city-a sister of Mrs. Dawson.
Mai. J. G. Green 81 Son have been
awarded contract on the Clinch Valley
extension Of the Norfolk & Western rail-
road.
Capt. Thos. S. Doyle and DR.. A. M.
Henkel, wife and child, Of Staunton, were
registered at the Hygeia Old Point, this
week.
| Miss BERTHE Goldsmith, Of Charlottes-
vile, who has been visiting at Roclbridge
Alum Springs and friends in this city, has
returned home.
Jno. 7. Harris, jr.. of the Harrisonburg
bar, and the political encyclopedia of the
Register, was registered at the Hale House
on Monday last.
Mr.. John lesser, one of our most usefu
and public spirited citizens, has been quite
| i'll for several days past, and is still con-
| fined to his room.
Mr. Robt. Goldthwaite, cashier of the
Merchants and Planters Bank of Mont
gomery, is, with his family, spending
a few weeks in Staunton.
Mrs Virginia Hanger, relict of the late
Robinson Hanger, who formerly lived on
Middle River, died at her home in Monroe
county, Mo-, on he 10Th.
Miss Lula Meade has returned to the
| Convent of Mercy, Putnam, Conn, after
spending several days with her aunt. Miss
| Maggie Honnihan, of this city.
| H. V. Strayer, Esq, prominent mem
Der of the Harrisonburg bar, and one of
the editors of the Rockingham Register,
was in the city last Saturday.
| Mr.. Randolph Harrison, a talented mem
Der of the Lynchburg bar, has been spend
ing some days with relatives and friends
in Stanton and Augusta county.
| We direct attention to the advertise
ment of that excellent nstitution-Duns-
mores Business College. AT another time
we shall refer to it more particularly.
The first bull bats of the season we're
brought down by Messrs. J. A. Cochran
and b. B. Eskridge. The other evening
they came in with a bunch of seven large
fat fellows.
Mr.. F. L. Twining, formerly of this city
and now representing Alden. Bro. & Co.,
of ST. Louis. is now in the city and re-
ceived a hearty welcome from his many
frien DIS.
Mi. j. Alex. BumgardnPr has just
opened fine vein of manganese on his
farm near Greenvile. it is Of very fine
| quality and the indications point to an
extensive deposit.
Rev. Jno. E. Massey. 1t. Governor of
the State. preached TWO able sermons i'll
the Baptist church of this pace last SAT-
bath, and also to the colored people in their
church in the afternoon Of that day.
| Mr.. Theo Shuey was tilr2wn from his
buggy near Stribling Springs the other day,
and considerably bruised but not seriously
hurt. Mr.. Emmett Whitmore, of the
same vicinity, met with a somewhat SINH
lar accident.
Rev. DR.. Gibson Of the Episcopal
church, and brother of DR.. st. J. p. Glib
son. of this place, is spending his vacation
in Virginia. He was in StauntoD last
week, but is now at The White Sulphur.
He exoects to return to this place this
week.
Mr.. w. I. Harnsberger, son OF the late
Robt. S. HarnsSerger, has purchased
farm near Port Republic, Rockingham
county, and removed to it this week. We
are sorry to lose so useful and valuable a
citizen, but what is Augustus loss is
Rockingham gain.
DR.. Hunter MEG ulre, of Richmond, was
called in consultation by DR.. Thomas Shell
ton, of Staunton, to see Mrs. E. 0. Her
ring, Dr. Shelton's patient, who has been
so extremely i'll. DIR. Mcclure says he
finds Mrs. Herring convalescing rapidly
under DR.. Shelton skill an6 treatment.
| We are requested by Mr.. Benz. Plunkett,
the father of the late iamented John IL.
Plunkett, to state that be is the ueeessOr
in business of his son, and that he is strlg-
ing to settle up his business to the salts
faction of all concerned, and expects to do
so in reasonable time He has now on hand
over 800 900 as good brick as were ever
made in this locality, and he proposes to
keep abreast OF the the times, both in the
character of his work and the promptne IS
of his compliance with his contracts. This
statement is deemed necessary in view of
the fact that in a paragraph in the last
| VIRGINIAN it was stated that another firm
was the successor of John "a. Plunkett.
We had the pleasure of a call this week
from Mr. Isaac Claypool. prominent and
intelligent citizen and progressive farmer
of Fairfield county, Ohio. He had been in
the Valley for more than month, spend
ing most of. the time with relatives near
Elkton, and partaking Of the waters of
Bear Lithia Spring, in that locality. In
passing through Staunton, on his return
home, he stopped over day with relatives
here, who enjoyed his visit very much. He
left for Ohio on the Wednesday morning
express. Mr. CiaypOol owns a splendid
estate in Fairfield county. and on it are
the colored people who formerly belonged
to Col James Stout Of this county.
Mr.. J. W. Pence of Fit. Wayne, Indiana.
was in the city last week. He left Shenan-
doah county for the West in 1859, and
when he arrived at Fort Wayne, with a
young wife, he had IS in money. He went
to work at his trade, that of a carpenter,
at $7S per month. He saved up enough in
few years to buy an interestin a planning
machine. The business has now enlarged
to a stupendouS mandatory, working
over 450 hands, where all kinds OF wood
and iron machinery is made. He is indie
pendent, SO far as this worlds goods are
concerned and of course good Republi-